The INSIDER daily digest -- Jan. 11, 2020

By John Liang / January 11, 2021 at 1:57 PM

This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Navy's latest navigation plan and more.

The Navy's top uniformed officer today released his latest navigation plan:

Gilday focuses on readiness, capabilities and capacity in new navigation plan

The Navy will focus on improving its readiness, capability and capacity in the next decade to maintain its advantage at sea, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said in the new navigation plan the service released Monday.

Document: CNO's navigation plan

The DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer fleet could soon have a hypersonic missile strike capability:

Navy takes up project to arm Zumwalt with hypersonic strike; eyes next-generation vertical launch system

The Navy is advancing plans for integrating a long-range hypersonic strike weapon into the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer fleet and, as part of the effort, is also eyeing a next-generation vertical launch system -- able to accommodate larger missiles than the currently fielded Mk41 -- for its follow-on to the DDG-51, the Large Surface Combatant.

San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock vessels could soon have an anti-ship missile capability:

Marines to test-fire missile from amphibious transport within the next year

The Marine Corps is likely to test-fire a missile from a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock within the next year, Maj. Gen. Tracy King, the service's director of expeditionary warfare, told reporters Friday.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Hyten recently spoke at an event hosted by the Association of Old Crows:

Hyten eyes endgame for publishing new requirements under Joint Warfighting Concept

The Pentagon expects to finalize joint requirements for four major areas underpinning a new "Joint Warfighting Concept" by late spring, according to a top military official.

A Space Development Agency spokeswoman has confirmed to Inside Defense that work on the Tracking Layer Tranche 0 satellite development contracts has resumed:

SDA lifts stop-work order on tracking layer satellites, sticks with SpaceX, L3Harris

SpaceX and L3Harris have resumed work on the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 0 satellite development contracts after a series of protests put the companies' contracts on hold and led the agency to reevaluate bids.

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